Loc Thang, MD
Pain Medicine · Festus, MONPI 1780065078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.1% of the total. Among pain medicine clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 211 payments — averaging $75.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Abbott$1K
- Stratus Medical, LLC$777
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$246
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$204
- plus $452 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,23245%
- Food & beverage$8,52053%
- Education$2612%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 102 | $7,861 |
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $5,292 |
| Abbott | 34 | $1,181 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 6 | $777 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 8 | $246 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $204 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SYNCHROMEDII$3,541
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,898
- Intracept$1,891
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$931
- Nimbus$659
- PROCLAIM$397
- SUPERION$224
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$181
- INCEPTIV$156
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$148
- Proclaim IPG$128
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$107
- INTELLIS$106
- Qutenza$105
How this compares
$16,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 270 | $7,763 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 84 | $3,157 |
| Gabapentin | 193 | $3,019 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 106 | $2,213 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 69 | $1,722 |
| Baclofen | 55 | $1,246 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 86 | $1,139 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $1,021 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 70 | $791 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 57 | $734 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 42 | $473 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $289 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 16 | $170 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $154 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $130 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Festus
- Nehal ModhFestus$17K
- Christopher ReisCape Girardeau$113K
- Anne ChristopherChesterfield$104K
- Tyler ConcannonKansas City$64K
- Vinicius Tieppo FrancioSaint Louis$35K
- Luvell GlantonHannibal$33K
- Jooyoung MaengSaint Louis$25K
- Travis FoxxLiberty$23K
- Nabil AhmadSaint Louis$21K
- Chad SheltonSaint Peters$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.